Following a rather in-depth and pleasantly explicit interview with the boisterous members of Hey Ocean I hung around the Media Club to watch them hit the stage. The event was a fundraiser to replace some guitars that were stolen in Toronto recently and featured a long list of friends, including a very pleasantly surprising [...]
The girl can sing. She’s tiny, damn tiny, but she almost tore the roof off the Commodore tonight. Though there were only 300 people at the show tonight, they gave their all - singing, shouting, and generally rocking out to a solid hour and a half of Cranberries greatest hits and songs from her new [...]
Ah, July in Vancouver… it’s pissing outside, it’s cold, wet and miserable. A great week to fill up with concerts!
Going to see Dolores O’Riordan tonight at the Commodore. She’s the lead singer of the Cranberries and is promoting her first solo album. It’s a solid effort and I can’t wait to see her take [...]
It’s not often you get to see a true rock legend play a packed small club like the Commodore. Thanks to Molson Canadian (shameless plug!) I got to see Chris Cornell, former frontman for grunge gods Soundgarden and later Audioslave, rock the house.
Talk about stage presence, talk about intensity, talk about a great rock show. [...]
I remember where I first heard a Jack Johnson song. It was on a beach in Thailand, walking to dinner as we passed a beach bar with Jack playing in the background. My friend literally dragged us in for a drink to listen. To this day I think of sunny days, sand beneath my toes [...]
